Episodes

  • From the Patreon collection #2

    From the Patreon collection #2
    May 21 2024

    From time to time, I will populate the main feed with a Patreon episode that's at least a year old so casual listeners might get a taste of all the extra scholarship that does occur, but lands nowhere near a published episode:

    Today: A return to Tosches! Checking in on the state of the Stones as they prep for a return to American crowds in '69. And an exploration of the relationship between SUN and CHESS records from 1950-1951, around the time of "Rocket 88", as well as why it's called "The first Rock n' Roll record" by some. It's really not, but the question of what actually is is kind of dumb anyway.

    Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock

    Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money:

    PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta

    Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics:

    https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/

    Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ

    Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtheworstever/

    Send me an email with show suggestions: Justtheworstever@gmail.com

    Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988

    https://afsp.org/

    National Sexual Assault Hotline

    1-800-656-4673

    https://www.rainn.org/resources
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 29 mins
  • From the Patreon Collection #1

    From the Patreon Collection #1
    Apr 27 2024

    From time to time, I will populate the main feed with a Patreon episode that's at least a year old so casual listeners might get a taste of all the extra scholarship that does occur, but lands nowhere near a published episode:


    Today we have: Ed Ward, Nick Tosches, Christopher Hitchens, a bad Nine Inch Nails biography, 70s DEVO origins, and lots of guitar modulation effects.

    Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock

    Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money:

    PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta

    Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics:

    https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/

    Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ

    Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtheworstever/

    Send me an email with show suggestions: Justtheworstever@gmail.com

    Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988

    https://afsp.org/

    National Sexual Assault Hotline

    1-800-656-4673

    https://www.rainn.org/resources
    Show more Show less
    2 hrs and 28 mins
  • La Bamba! (1987) | Ritchie Valens, Lou Diamond Phillips, Curt Sobel

    La Bamba! (1987) | Ritchie Valens, Lou Diamond Phillips, Curt Sobel
    Apr 14 2024

    I don't know how to warn you I might get a little wibbly-bibbly in the wobbles during this one. Verklempt, if you will. Similar to the way I was on the CROW episodes processing the loss of Brandon Lee all over again. Ritchie was clearly a marvel and a unique talent in ways I didn't understand until now. To be a guitar hero and a hit songwriter and a teen idol at the same time is a hurculean accomplishment for a 17-year-old kid from Pacoima, California in 1958. And I struggled a bit when jumping on the mic right after my research. This goes back to me being a little kid when I saw the film and begged my dad for a cassette tape of the soundtrack, which I treasured. Rock n' Roll, baby. Rock n' roll.

    It's gonna be a bit of this n' that:

    • The first impressions of Ritchie by his most prominent biographer, Beverly Mendheim, while she struggled to suss out his ethnicity as an impressionable teenager
    • The career struggles and ongoing activism of Lou Diamond Phillips, who is more consistently successful as an actor than many would realize (Me. I mean me, until now)
    • The masterful music editing of Curt Sobel on La Bamba! while working closely with Los Lobos and director Luis Valdez (more on him in the next episode!!!)
    • Ed Ward's dumbass take on Ritchie in the modern era that rivals even his awful reviews of The Beatles back in the late 60s
    • Readings from a very concise, but effective bio on Ritchie taken from a guitar tab book that I highly recommend

    https://www.amazon.com/Ritchie-Valens-His-Guitars-Music/dp/1574243802

    https://www.salon.com/2021/03/09/lou-diamond-phillips-adverse-prodigal-son-representation/

    (Bev's out of print book) https://archive.org/details/ritchievalensfir00mend/page/n5/mode/2up

    movie scene comparisons

    Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed! https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock

    Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money:

    PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta

    Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics:

    https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/

    Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ

    Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtheworstever/

    Send me an email with show suggestions: Justtheworstever@gmail.com

    Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988

    https://afsp.org/

    National Sexual Assault Hotline

    1-800-656-4673

    https://www.rainn.org/resources
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Bonus material: The Diablo Guitars Interview with lil' ol' Moi

    Bonus material: The Diablo Guitars Interview with lil' ol' Moi
    Mar 30 2024

    I shared a link to this youtube video when it came out, but providing audio now for anyone who would like to listen. It's been a couple months, so I don't feel like this cuts into their Youtube traffic at all. And even if that was the case, I'm unsure as to whether this interview series will even continue now that Glenn himself is no longer with the brand. Enjoy!

    Original desc: "Long time Pacific Northwest Entertainer Jay Smith joins the cast to discuss his Podcast; A History of Rock N' Roll in Film and Rock N' Roll, as well as his ongoing music projects; Double Cross Committee and Late September Dogs." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV1kCtoujII&list=PL64PJyRQtqg3MxPE4Z2JzA7iaM00Q-xEj&index=3

    Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock

    Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money:

    PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta

    Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics:

    https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/

    Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ

    Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtheworstever/

    Send me an email with show suggestions: Justtheworstever@gmail.com

    Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988

    https://afsp.org/

    National Sexual Assault Hotline

    1-800-656-4673

    https://www.rainn.org/resources
    Show more Show less
    2 hrs and 18 mins
  • Van Halen #6 | "Better Off Dead" (1985)

    Van Halen #6 | "Better Off Dead" (1985)
    Mar 21 2024
    Hello and get ready for so much Van Halen once again! And Better Off Dead! So much good stuff that could have only happened in the 1980s converging in one place. Along with more 70s Van Halen history too, of course. We'll cover stuff like: Savage Steve Holland's real life experiences that went into his script, and later work in children's cartoonsMichael Anthony's first meetup with Sammy HagarEddie's challenges in early life as a shy kid would couldn't speak english in AmericaHis challenges shaking off the controlling influence of David Lee Roth and Ted Templeman making "1984" the way HE and Alex and Donn Landee wanted toJohn Cusack's initial hatred of "Better Off Dead" and his eventual backpedalThe Van Halen family's journey from The Netherlands to Pasadena by boat and by trainMy shock at finding out Alex's drums on certain songs were actually an electric kitAl, Mike, and Sammy's soundcheck routines and gear specs on the 1993 tour The AC/DC songs Eddie says inspired "Panama" and "Drop Dead Legs"The making of Van Halen 2 and how it was intentionally different from the debut albumHow "Fair Warning" influenced what happened on "Diver Down" which in turn influenced "1984"Eddie's on-the-road-all-night-every-night initial fling with Valerie Bertinelli that morphed straight into their marriageWhat happens when a couple of lucky young dudes from Pennsylvania get to party with Van Halen and MTV doesn't know how to keep up with it all AND SO MUCH MORE. Including lots of my musical interludes and suprise voices from throughout time and space! Even more than usual. Please remember that Rock n' Roll is the best, and so are you! Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/ Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtheworstever/ Send me an email with show suggestions: Justtheworstever@gmail.com Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 https://afsp.org/ National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/resources https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eddie-van-halen-tribute-1081034/ https://youtu.be/7qviaKsnb5Q?si=SAqlSYo-TY3PQ0Ng https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75810/13-better-facts-about-better-dead https://www.insidehook.com/film/director-steve-holland-cult-classic-better-off-dead-john-cusack https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/eddie-van-halen-looks-back-van-halen-1984-album-5150-studios
    Show more Show less
    3 hrs and 49 mins
  • Van Halen #5 | "The Wild Life" (1984)

    Van Halen #5 | "The Wild Life" (1984)
    Mar 4 2024

    Next episode will feature a deep dive on "Better Off Dead" and conclude the Van Halen saga. But until then, please enjoy:

    • A very well-rounded view of VH history by Eddie Van Halen in 1990
    • Sammy Hagar's arguably sketchy claims about Van Halen's numbers before and after he joined
    • Eddie producing and promoting a band called "Private Life" who obviously did not go on to amazing things (but hey, even if you or I never heard their songs, they still accomplished more than most of us, eh?)
    • Eve Clarke interviewing me about my "Perfect 10" VH tunes of the David Lee Roth era
    • Sammy's tale of meeting Eddie for the first time and joining Van Halen
    • The final installments of my real-time (and space-time) reactions to the Art Linson/Cameron Crowe teen epic that had a lot going for it even if it didn't come out fully cooked - "The Wild Life," starring Nice Guy Eddie, Marty McFly's mom, Vincent Vega's heroin dealer, Clark Griswold's cousin Eddie, and the "Wanna take a bath?" gal from Pink Floyd's Wall film adaptation.

    Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock

    Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money:

    PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta

    Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics:

    https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/

    Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ

    Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtheworstever/

    Send me an email with show suggestions: Justtheworstever@gmail.com

    Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988

    https://afsp.org/

    National Sexual Assault Hotline

    1-800-656-4673

    https://www.rainn.org/resources
    Show more Show less
    2 hrs and 17 mins
  • Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Michelangelo Antonioni #2 | "Zabriskie Point" (1970)

    Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Michelangelo Antonioni #2 | "Zabriskie Point" (1970)
    Feb 15 2024
    Well, this was ill-advised, I now think to myself... and now you've got a big ol' buffet to keep going back to for as many trips as you'd like, and I don't know how many of you were expecting Jell-O as well as sushi after your fried green beans. But, whether you listen to it all in sequence or segments, I hope it's valuable to you! Here's a few things you will hear about during the ride:  Contraptions used to make Pink Floyd songs like "One of These Days" happen and how they were calibratedThe definition of scenery gorn and other tropes found in the filmThe Bear's emotional relationship with the Wall of Sound, which becomes everyone's relationship with it as well, because The Dead could not perform the same way on everyone else's rinky dink P.A. systems after experiencing the clarity they were used toPink Floyd's year-long scheme to move from Capitol to CBS in AmericaHendrix blowing off the Dead on the night he promised to jam, and their low key "revenge"Antonioni's opinions on filmmaking in America vs Italy. What it was like to film Z.P. through the eyes of an American member of the crew who actually did admire his workRichard Wright not showing up very much, getting bootedJerry Garcia records his Zabriskie Point soundtrack music in much less time than he wanted to. And has his payment stolen by Mickey Hart's dad. Who also steals car parts and speakers from BearFloyd does more regrouping, post-breakup with Roger. Roger gets cranky. Clapton gets a cheeseburger. Roger is still cranky today that the band he walked away from and then sued when they didn't die without him will not promote his albums on their social mediaThe Grateful Dead play for the largest outdoor rock audience of all time in upstate New York. And perform long soundcheck concerts for free on top of thatPink Floyd's 1975 SoCal shows being ruined by LAPD for 4 daysPhil Lesh drinks Canadian Whisky with mystery capsules in it and Jerry Garcia crawls around on the floor like a caterpillar who can't leave the room on his ownKurt Loder gives a mean-spirited review of a mean-spirited album.  Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here https://www.patreon.com/rockfilmrock Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/ Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtheworstever/ Send me an email with show suggestions: Justtheworstever@gmail.com  https://antonioni9.wordpress.com/2021/06/25/michelangelo-and-the-leviathan-the-making-of-zabriskie-point-1992/  https://antonioni9.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/lets-talk-about-zabriskie-point-august-1970/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-the-inside-story-104505/ https://archive.org/details/guitarworldprese0000unse/page/26/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/saucerfulofsecre00scha/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jim+ladd+innerview+pink+floyd  
    Show more Show less
    5 hrs and 43 mins
  • Quick Announcement: A Free Patreon Episode and updates on the next release

    Quick Announcement: A Free Patreon Episode and updates on the next release
    Feb 14 2024

    The next episode(s) featuring Floyd, The Dead and Zabriskie Point are mostly done and in final editing stages. I haven't decided whether or not to split it into two releases or keep all 4-5 hrs together yet. I figure if you love Pink Floyd and/or the Grateful Dead then having a healthy attention span is probably not an issue for you. 

    In the meantime, please avail yourself of one free episode from the Patreon feed to tide you over and tickle your brain parts that love rock history: 

    https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-episode-16-91478246?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

     

    Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money:

    PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whatsamatta

    Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics:

    https://www.bonfire.com/store/justtheworstshirtsever/

    Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4Up7xGgjioEC07bjwu4mQ

    Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtheworstever/

    Send me an email with show suggestions: Justtheworstever@gmail.com

    Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988

    https://afsp.org/

    National Sexual Assault Hotline

    1-800-656-4673

    https://www.rainn.org/resources

     
    Show more Show less
    2 mins